Cross-Gender Rpers?

[gold feathers]

There is nothing wrong with these people. Although it can be quite confusing at times. And a bit frustrating. But i find no cause to hate them for it.

[Tayono]

As a woman who's character roster is mostly comprised of males, I feel I must make it clear that playing the opposite gender does not require any more practice or skill than it takes to play as a character who shares your gender. I don't play my character Dumisa solely as a "male", but as Dumisa himself; the fact that he is male is only a small part of who he is. Above all other things, he is simply a character all his own with his own flaws and perks, and the fact that he is male while I am not does not complicate my roleplaying experience at all.

I honestly believe one of the main reasons we think that it's strange for a guy to play as a gal and vice versa is because we tend to fall into the old trap of stereotyping. Characters are not restricted to certain traits/behaviors simply by the pronoun we refer to them by; they come in all sorts. With that, I  say that the steps to playing the opposite gender are little more than as follows:

1. Play as a character
2. That happens to be the opposite gender

So go ahead and cross-gender RP! It's nothing to be ashamed of, it's nothing to worry about and you can tell anyone who brings your identity into question because of it to go wear oversized, itchy socks. :3

[Tortuga]

There is nothing wrong with these people. Although it can be quite confusing at times. And a bit frustrating. But i find no cause to hate them for it.

Really? How is it confusing or frustrating? O_O

[gold feathers]

Sometimes when i get a mate and i find out they are a female, and they start RP as a girl and a boy. Wow then it can be confusing and a bit frustrating. Though as said in my other post

There is nothing wrong with these people. Although it can be quite confusing at times. And a bit frustrating. I find no cause to hate them for it.

[Chapawee]

As a woman who's character roster is mostly comprised of males, I feel I must make it clear that playing the opposite gender does not require any more practice or skill than it takes to play as a character who shares your gender. I don't play my character Dumisa solely as a "male", but as Dumisa himself; the fact that he is male is only a small part of who he is. Above all other things, he is simply a character all his own with his own flaws and perks, and the fact that he is male while I am not does not complicate my roleplaying experience at all.

I honestly believe one of the main reasons we think that it's strange for a guy to play as a gal and vice versa is because we tend to fall into the old trap of stereotyping. Characters are not restricted to certain traits/behaviors simply by the pronoun we refer to them by; they come in all sorts. With that, I  say that the steps to playing the opposite gender are little more than as follows:

1. Play as a character
2. That happens to be the opposite gender

So go ahead and cross-gender RP! It's nothing to be ashamed of, it's nothing to worry about and you can tell anyone who brings your identity into question because of it to go wear oversized, itchy socks. :3

Nice one, about the socks!

[gold feathers]

Over sized itchy socks... nice one floof!

[Alphawolf13]

I rp as guys for the heck of it.. Its actually quite enjoyable ^^

[Trixxy]

I myself play as both genders and I normally do not say my real life gender to anyone but I guess my username gives it away ^~^ Anyway I would rather have Cross-Gender Roleplayers then having a group just filled with females. x.x I often find people asking me if I could change my character to male to help them out in a Roleplay and I reply with a "Sure" or "Okay" and kindly add a mane that makes my character  look male. I also change the size and name. Cross-Gender Roleplayers are actually a lot funner to Roleplay with as if it is a Female playing as Male they know how to treat the Female they are bonded with. Same with the other way around. So go Cross-Genders!

[Kona]

I see nothing wrong with this. I mean, isn't it more fun to have a few females as males instead of a ton of females everywhere? Mate center would be even MORE covered with females along with everywhere else! I don't understand why people see this as wrong...except when a Female plays as a Male and calls herself "Gay." I mean...geez...just be a girl instead if that's what you're going for. >.>

[gold feathers]

Yeah we all perefer some balance between males and females. I hate it when there's a ton of females and just one or two males... just no.. there's no balance.